We made it to the front page of @science.org today!! 🎉
Some birds process sugar loads that would be devastating to human metabolism. Many bird groups independently evolved this ability — did they all get there the same way? /1
Daniel Mendez Aranda on different Heliophobius variants sensitivity to acid and capsaicin and convergence with Heteroglobus @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #ESEB2025 symposium 17
Applications are now open for the Workshop on Genomics 2026 (11-24 Jan) in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. For the first time, we are offering Early Bird Registration discounts! 🐣 Do not miss the chance! 🤩 Help us spread the word among friends and colleagues! 🙆🏽♀️ #evomics2026
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The Pride Symposium returns to the #mdcBerlin on June 12 with “Trans Pasts – Trans Futures.”
Join the 5th annual LGBTQI+ symposium at #mdcBIMSB for talks, discussions, and a workshop on trans histories, healthcare activism, and community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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So happy to have joined this amazing symposium! So many great talks and posters! Thanks for including me!
In a new study published in @currentbiology.bsky.social, researchers uncover how a dietary shift may have set the stage for one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena: the elaborate courtship displays of manakins.
🔗 Press release: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2026-06...
Happy to see this one out! Convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes shape adaptations in sugar-consuming birds | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
BEAST X v10.5.0 finally released – you can't just do beta releases forever. github.com/beast-dev/be...
Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community
Happy to share this amazing work! We found lactase!? activity in birds, re-gaining of sweet-taste among other adaptations to frugivory in Manakins. This helped these birds evolve complicated and energetic mating behaviors! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Max Delbrück Center
High-sugar diets cause human metabolic diseases, yet several bird lineages convergently adapted to feeding on sugar-rich nectar or fruits. We investigated the underlying molecular mechanisms in hummin...
Balakrishnan et al. take an integrative approach to explore the evolution of manakins,
a frugivorous bird lineage with elaborate courtship displays. They detect genome-wide
signatures related to sexua...
Excited to launch our AlphaGenome API goo.gle/3ZPUeFX along with the preprint goo.gle/45AkUyc describing and evaluating our latest DNA sequence model powering the API. Looking forward to seeing how scientists use it! @googledeepmind
